Cheney: You know you oughta listen to what he says, he has a doctorate even and works in DC, just like the rest of the working joes. He's an intellectual powerhouse, and he's the first one to tell you so. Seriously, I'll bet this guys got a whole rasher of skeletons in the closet -- that post stinks of fear.

With respect to the person who shall remain nameless, I'm pretty sure his "doctorate of law" is not what most people think it is. Law degrees are ranked as follows : J.D. then LLM then JSD. The "juris doctor" is actually the lowest law degree and does not require a dissertation (in fact law schools are pretty notorious for not teaching writing). The JD used to be an LLB, dating back to when you could go directly from high school to law school but continuing to be called an LLB for quite some time after law became a graduate degree. The reason for the change is that law schools eventually realized that their graduates going into government service with an LLB could only start as high as a GS9 but that a "doctor of law" could start as a GS11.

Now it is possible that he has a JSD, but I think he was deliberately being misleading.